Shakespeare, Milton, and the Book: A Conversation
Speakers: Prof. David Scott Kastan, Yale University
Prof. Hao Tianhu, Zhejiang University
Moderator: Prof. Gao Fen, Zhejiang University
Time: 20:00-22:00 pm, Dec. 1, 2025 (Beijing time)
Venue:腾讯会议 171 436 478，密码 2025
Literature exists only and always in its materializations. These are the conditions of its meaning rather than merely the containers of it. How should we understand the relationship between the authorially imagined text and the physical realization of it? Literature also lasts in reading and gains in circulation. By thinking about the materializations and receptions of the works of arguably the two greatest English writers, Shakespeare and Milton, what do we learn about creativity, the idea of literature, and the nature of world literature?
David Scott Kastan is the George M. Bodman Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University. He has been the chief International Consultant for the CMRS, Zhejiang University since 2016. He has authored many books, including Shakespeare after Theory, Shakespeare and the Book, and On Color, all of which are available in Chinese.
Hao Tianhu is Qiushi Distinguished Professor of English at Zhejiang University. His most recent book is Commonplace Reading and Writing in Early Modern England and Beyond (2024).
Gao Fen is Professor of English at Zhejiang University.
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